Gesturing youth
Gesturing youth

Currently not on view

Gesturing youth

Niccolò dell' Abbate, 1509/1512 – 1571; born Modena, Italy; died Fontainbleau, France
x1951-55

Information

Title
Gesturing youth
Maker
Niccolò dell' Abbate
Medium

Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white

Dimensions

24.3 x 13.8 cm. (9 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

Object Number
x1951-55
Marks/Labels/Seals

in black ink, lower right: M [in square] [Lugt 1853a]

Culture
European, Italian
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product), wash, black chalk
Techniques
heightening
Subject
youth, boys, standing

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